Coco no-no: Man claims security beat him at O’Brien show

A man who took photos at one of Conan O’Brien’s two Seattle shows earlier this month told police he was beaten by a man worked security near the stage.

The man was at the April 18 McCaw Hall show – one of two Seattle stops on the Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour – and approached the stage with his cell phone camera at what he thought was the end of the show.

A security guard told him to “go sit the (expletive) down” before an encore, according to a police incident report. As the man with the camera was leaving the hall, he walked by the security guard and told him “you didn’t have to be an (expletive).”

The alleged victim “saw the suspect’s eyes get big and then the suspect punched (him) twice in the face,” Officer Rebecca Miller wrote in her report.

The man, who was not injured, contacted a McCaw Hall manager who spoke to the security guard, according to police. He told the man the guard hit him because he felt threatened, according to the report.

The man told officers he called 911 but was told no officers were available at that time. Seattle patrol officers respond to all 911 calls, but incidents are triaged based on crime severity and threat level.

The man returned to McCaw Hall the next day and called 911. The alleged victim did not get the security guard’s name.